Over the rest of the week, Lily and Severus spent all their spare time together. To their delight Erika seemed to be right. Most students were giving James and Suzanne a hard time.

Finally it was Saturday and most of the third years and up were getting ready for their Hogsmeade trip.

Lily had gotten dressed in a nice pair of jeans and a nice purple blouse. She put on a small layer of make up and put her hair back into a French braid.

She and Severus had agreed to meet up at the main doors. When she arrived Severus wasn't there so she found a spot and leaned against the wall to wait.

A couple minutes later she spotted Severus walking toward her. Once he spotted her, a huge smile broke out on his face.

"Hi. You look beautiful." He said and gave her a hug when he got to her.

"Hi. Thanks you don't look to bad yourself." She smiled back and looked at his black slacks and green shirt. She pinched a little of his shirt. "Some color um."

"Yeah, but don't get used to it." He chuckled.

They joined the other students who were going to Hogsmeade outside.

Once they arrived, Severus took her hand.

"So do you want to explore or get something to eat first."

"Let's explore a bit first. I'm still a little full from breakfast."

"All right. How about we go to Tomes and Scrolls first."

"Lead the way."

Arriving at the book store, Severus immediately led them over to the potions section. They looked around the book store for about 45 minutes. Severus bought two new potions books and one on plants, while Lily had gotten one each on charms, transfiguration and healing.

"So where too next?" He asked.

"I need some more parchment and ink."

"Okay."

Once they both got some more parchment, ink and a couple more quills they started to get hungry so they decided to go to The Three Broomsticks.

At The Three Broomsticks they were able to quickly find a table and sit down. A few moments later Rosemerta came over and took their orders.

Just after Rosemerta left to fill their orders they saw James and his friends come in. James and Sirius came in first, quickly followed by Peter and then Remus. James had a piece of paper in his hand and him and Sirius were looking at it and laughing.

Severus and Lily rolled their eyes figuring it was a plan for another prank. Rosemerta came back over and placed a butterbeer and chicken salad in front of each and then left again.

They talked and laughed as they ate, but half way through James spotted them.

"Lily." James said, walking up to them. "What are you doing?"

"Excuse me. What business is it of yours what I am doing?" She sneered at him.

"You're eating with Severus." He said, glaring at Severus.

"Have you forgotten a week ago you told everyone that you caught Severus and I in bed together, so who cares if we are eating together?" Lily was flabbergasted and starting to get pissed off.

"That was a lie as you know Lily." He whispered.

"Really. James I don't care what you think or what you have to say. Severus and I were having a great date until we saw you." She said, glaring at him.

"You two are on a date?" He asked, shocked.

Severus tried not to laugh at James' face to that news.

Sirius and Remus finally came over and each grabbed an arm of James'.

"Come on James leave them alone. Everyone in here is starting to stare at you." Sirius said, and with the help of Remus, dragged James away.

Once James was gone, Lily had to take a couple deep breaths to calm down. Severus reached over and took one of her hands.

"Are you okay?"

"I am now." She gave him a small smile and squeezed his hand.

"Good . . . So are you really having a great time?"

"Of course I am. Why wouldn't I be?"

"Oh come on Lily. You are absolutely beautiful and kind and look at me. I have gross, greasy hair, always wear black, have a bad nose and I . . . "

"I don't want to hear you finish that sentence. You are a great guy Severus. Looks are not everything. Look at James, he's good-looking but all he cares about is Quidditch, pulling pranks and seeing if he can get more girls then Sirius. He doesn't care if he hurts anyone else except Sirius, Remus and Peter."

Severus went to interrupt, but she was on a roll.

"You though, you care about other people. You are truly a wonderful person and friend. James is an arrogant toe-rag and you are a much better person then him got it."

Severus couldn't help but laugh at her rant.

"Why are you laughing?" She asked, removing her hand from his.

"No reason. Sorry."

"Okay. Let's finish our lunch so we have to go to Honeydukes before we have to go back."

They quickly finished and saw they had just enough time to go to Honeydukes. Severus paid for their lunches and then they headed out to Honeydukes.

Back at the school they headed to an empty classroom. After splitting up the candy they bought they sat down and chatted a bit.

Twenty minutes later they decided to head back to their rooms so they could put their things away before dinner.

"Thank you Severus I had a wonderful time today."

"I'm glad you did because I did too." He said, smiling at her.

She smiled back and after a moments hesitation he slowly leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. She put her arms around his neck and began kissing him back.

They pulled back when air became an issue and looked at each other.

"Wow." She said and gave him a big smile.

"Sorry if . . . "

She stopped him by pulling him down into another kiss.

"Never mind." He said when they pulled apart again.

They both chuckled and she took a step back.

"Thanks again but I'm going to head to my room now so I can stow my things before dinner."

"Yeah I should too. I'll see you later."

Lily walked out first and Severus followed a few moments later to go put his own things away.